PENOBSCOT COUNTY MARKET

Penobscot County, Maine Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Penobscot County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bangor, Bradford and Cardville. Watch for local potatoes when it comes into season in Maine. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Penobscot County by the Numbers

Penobscot County has 536 farms on 100,176 acres (about 187 acres each). Together they sold $67.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, squash and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 729 honey bee colonies.

125 farms in Penobscot County already sell straight to the public, about $6.8 million a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Penobscot County

Penobscot County farms and homesteads keep 11,354 head of cattle, 4,024 egg-laying hens and 653 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 971 people run or help run farms in Penobscot County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 39 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Penobscot County stands out: it ranks #1 of 16 ME counties for selling food straight to the public and #2 of 14 ME counties for honey bee colonies.